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Signatories and Ratifyers

(Updated August 1, 1999) 


Signatories = 159, Ratifications = 141 

In alphabetical order (unless noted, country has signed AND ratified the Convention): 
 
  • Afghanistan
  • Albainia
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi (signed, not ratified)
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Costa Rica
  • Cote d'Ivoire (signed, not ratified)
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt (signed, not ratified)
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • Gabon (signed, not ratified)
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana (signed, not ratified)
  • Haiti (signed, not ratified)
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran 
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia (signed, not ratified)
  • LIbya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Macedonia
  • Madagascar (signed, not ratified)
  • Malawi (signed, not ratified)
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali (signed, not ratified)
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco (signed, not ratified)
  • Myanmar (signed, not ratified)
  • Nepal (signed, not ratified)
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • North Korea
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia-Montenegro
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovak Republic
  • Slovenia
  • Soloman Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria (signed, not ratified)
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania (signed, not ratified)
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates (signed, not ratified)
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zaire
  • Zimbabwe
Data from the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
 
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